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AWS CloudTrail

Records supported AWS API and account activity for audit, investigation, and delivery to logs or event systems.

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What job does it solve?

You need evidence of who called which AWS API and when.

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Where does it stop?

You need performance metrics and alarms rather than API activity history.

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AWS CloudTrail User Guideaws-gov-cloudtrail · retrieved 2026-07-29